1998–99 1.Lig

1.Lig
Season	1998–99
Champions	Galatasaray; 13th title
Relegated	Sakaryaspor; Dardanelspor; Karabükspor
Champions League	Galatasaray; Beşiktaş
UEFA Cup	Fenerbahçe; Ankaragücü
Intertoto Cup	Trabzonspor; Kocaelispor
Matches played	306
Goals scored	875 (2.86 per match)
Top goalscorer	Hakan Şükür; (19 goals)
	← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

Statistics of Turkish First Football League in the 1998–99 season.

Overview

It was contested by 18 teams, and Galatasaray S.K. won the championship. And demotion of Sakaryaspor, Çanakkale Dardanelspor, Karabükspor was decided.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Galatasaray (C)	34	23	9	2	85	30	+55	78	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2	Beşiktaş	34	23	8	3	58	27	+31	77	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3	Fenerbahçe	34	22	6	6	84	29	+55	72	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Trabzonspor	34	17	7	10	48	37	+11	58	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
5	Kocaelispor	34	14	8	12	44	37	+7	50	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
6	Antalyaspor	34	14	7	13	46	47	−1	49
7	Gaziantepspor	34	12	12	10	51	48	+3	48
8	Gençlerbirliği	34	12	10	12	49	47	+2	46
9	İstanbulspor	34	12	7	15	48	55	−7	43
10	Samsunspor	34	11	8	15	38	53	−15	41
11	Altay	34	11	7	16	46	59	−13	40
12	Bursaspor	34	11	6	17	51	69	−18	39
13	Erzurumspor	34	10	9	15	40	64	−24	39
14	MKE Ankaragücü	34	10	8	16	45	55	−10	38	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round^[a]
15	Adanaspor	34	10	8	16	37	53	−16	38
16	Sakaryaspor (R)	34	9	8	17	44	52	−8	35	Relegation to Turkish Second Football League
17	Çanakkale Dardanelspor (R)	34	8	8	18	35	49	−14	32
18	Kardemir Karabükspor (R)	34	5	8	21	26	64	−38	23

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Finalists of 1998-99 Turkish Cup, Galatasaray and Beşiktaş, qualified for 1999-00 UEFA Champions League. A play-off match organized between the loser semi-finalists. Ankaragücü beat Sakaryaspor (5-0) and qualified for the 1999-00 UEFA Cup qualifying round.

Results

Home \ Away	ADS	ALT	ANG	ANT	BJK	BUR	DAR	ERZ	FB	GS	GAZ	GBR	İST	KAR	KOC	SAK	SAM	TS
Adanaspor		2–0	1–0	4–2	0–1	4–1	3–0	2–0	0–3	2–2	3–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–2
Altay	3–2		5–1	2–4	0–1	4–1	1–1	3–1	0–4	0–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–5
Ankaragücü	2–2	2–1		0–0	0–1	2–2	3–0	3–0	2–4	2–2	1–1	0–1	5–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	3–4	1–0
Antalyaspor	2–0	4–2	1–4		0–3	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–3	3–1	2–1	2–2	1–2	0–1
Beşiktaş	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–1		3–3	0–0	2–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–3	3–0	0–0	2–0
Bursaspor	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–0	1–2		2–0	6–1	1–3	0–5	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–3	0–1
Dardanelspor	0–1	4–1	3–0	2–0	1–3	3–1		0–0	0–0	0–5	0–1	1–2	5–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	2–3
Erzurumspor	1–0	2–1	2–2	0–1	2–2	2–1	1–0		0–2	0–1	2–1	2–2	2–4	2–1	0–0	4–2	1–0	2–2
Fenerbahçe	6–0	5–0	2–1	3–1	1–2	4–1	3–1	4–1		2–2	4–0	3–0	2–0	4–1	1–1	3–0	6–2	1–0
Galatasaray	1–1	3–1	2–1	3–1	2–0	5–0	5–2	5–0	2–0		0–0	0–2	3–3	2–0	3–1	3–0	3–1	3–5
Gaziantepspor	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	5–2	1–0	3–0	2–2	1–2		2–2	2–1	4–2	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–1
Gençlerbirliği	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	0–1	1–4	0–0	5–1	0–3	1–2	3–0		2–3	2–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	0–1
İstanbulspor	6–0	3–0	1–4	0–1	0–2	2–3	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–4	0–0	0–0		3–0	2–1	4–0	2–1	0–0
Kardemir Karabükspor	2–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–3	2–6	1–6	2–2		0–1	1–2	0–3	0–0
Kocaelispor	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	0–2	4–0	2–0	1–1	0–3	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–0		0–1	1–0	1–1
Sakaryaspor	0–0	1–2	4–0	0–0	0–2	4–1	1–3	1–1	2–1	0–0	6–2	3–1	3–0	4–0	2–2		0–1	1–1
Samsunspor	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–3	1–1	2–1	2–4	1–1	0–3	2–1	2–4	0–1	2–1	0–1	2–2		2–1
Trabzonspor	2–0	0–3	1–0	2–3	1–2	2–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	0–3	0–1	4–0	0–0	1–0	0–3	2–1	3–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Hakan Şükür	Galatasaray	19
2	Elvir Baljić	Fenerbahçe	17
3	Coşkun Birdal	Erzurumspor	15
3	Viorel Moldovan	Fenerbahçe	15
5	Arif Erdem	Galatasaray	14
5	Gheorghe Hagi	Galatasaray	14
7	Mehmet Özdilek	Beşiktaş	13
7	Ümit Karan	Gençlerbirliği	13
9	Davor Vugrinec	Trabzonspor	12
9	Serkan Aykut	Samsunspor	12

References

Turkey - List of final tables (RSSSF)

[table_note_res_UCQR0.9777272329562-1] Finalists of 1998-99 Turkish Cup, Galatasaray and Beşiktaş, qualified for 1999-00 UEFA Champions League. A play-off match organized between the loser semi-finalists. Ankaragücü beat Sakaryaspor (5-0) and qualified for the 1999-00 UEFA Cup qualifying round.

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v t e Top level Turkish football league seasons
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Süper Lig	2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Champions	Fenerbahçe (28) Galatasaray (25) Beşiktaş (21) Trabzonspor (7) Harp Okulu (3) Gençlerbirliği (2) Muhafızgücü (1) İstanbulspor (1) Güneş (1) Eskişehir Demirspor (1) Ankara Demirspor (1) Ankaragücü (1) Göztepe (1) Bursaspor (1) Başakşehir (1)

v t e Süper Lig
TFF Union of Clubs
Millî Lig	1959 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63
1. Lig	1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01
Süper Lig	2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Champions	Galatasaray (24) Fenerbahçe (19) Beşiktaş (16) Trabzonspor (7) Başakşehir (1) Bursaspor (1)
Current clubs	Adana Demirspor Alanyaspor Antalyaspor Başakşehir Beşiktaş Bodrum Eyüpspor Fenerbahçe Galatasaray Gaziantep Göztepe Hatayspor Kasımpaşa Kayserispor Konyaspor Rizespor Samsunspor Sivasspor Trabzonspor
Former clubs	Adanaspor Adalet Akçaabat Sebatspor Akhisarspor Altay Altınordu Ankara Demirspor Ankaragücü Ankaraspor Aydınspor Bakırköyspor Balıkesirspor Beykozspor Beyoğlu Boluspor Bucaspor Bursaspor Çanakkale Dardanelspor Denizlispor Diyarbakırspor Elazığspor Erzurumspor Erzurumspor F.K. Eskişehirspor Fatih Karagümrük Feriköy Gaziantepspor Gençlerbirliği Giresunspor Hacettepe İstanbulspor İzmirspor Kahramanmaraşspor Karabükspor Karşıyaka Kayseri Erciyesspor Keçiörengücü MKE Kırıkkalespor Kocaelispor Malatyaspor Manisaspor Mersin İdman Yurdu Orduspor Pendikspor Petrolofisi PTT Sakaryaspor Sarıyer Siirtspor Şekerspor Ümraniyespor Vanspor Vefa Yeni Malatyaspor Yeşildirek Yozgatspor Zeytinburnuspor Zonguldakspor

v t e 1998–99 in Turkish football
Domestic leagues	First League Second League Third League
Domestic cups	Turkish Cup (Final) Atatürk Cup
European competitions	Champions League Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 2000 (Qualifying: Group 3) Mustafa Denizli
Club seasons
First League	Adanaspor Altay Ankaragücü Antalyaspor Beşiktaş Bursaspor Dardanelspor Erzurumspor Fenerbahçe Galatasaray Gaziantepspor Gençlerbirliği İstanbulspor Karabükspor Kocaelispor Sakaryaspor Samsunspor Trabzonspor
Second League	Mersin İdmanyurdu

v t e 1998–99 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '98 '99 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '98 '99 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina (Herzeg-Bosnia, Republika Srpska) Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '98 '99 Faroe Islands '98 '99 Finland '98 '99 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '98 '99 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '98 '99 Latvia '98 '99 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '98 '99 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '98 '99 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '98 '99 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '98 '99 Finland '98 '99 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '98 '99 Israel Italy Latvia '98 '99 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '98 '99 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
League cups	England Finland '98 '99 France Germany Iceland '98 '99 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League (qualifying, group stage, knockout stage, final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup